London has been battered by 50mph winds that have felled trees and caused travel chaos. Powerful gusts swept across the capital as the Met Office issued a yellow "be aware" weather alert for most of the country.

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For those of you who've ever turned up to a Chinese restaurant to be told dim sum isn't served in the evening, this is for you: a collection of the best places in London to fill up on the Cantonese bitesize dishes after dark — probably with a cocktail or two

Nick Clegg led his Liberal Democrat MPs through the "No" lobby to vote down a Government Bill which would have redrawn parliamentary constituencies for the 2015 general election to the likely benefit of the Conservatives.